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Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz honors STC patronage of world first Halal food conference
Posted by admin on February 20, 2012 · Comments Off
HRH Prince Sattam bin Abudlaziz, the Governor of Riyadh region honored STC for sponsoring the first World Conference on Regulating Halal Foodstuffs, which was organized by Saudi Food and Drug Authority, [...]
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Qualcomm president: Continuing with tech M&A
Posted by admin on February 16, 2012 · Comments Off
Qualcomm Inc. /quotes/zigman/77257/quotes/nls/qcom QCOM -0.35% said Friday it will continue with technology acquisitions that help it grow but has no specific targets at the moment.
“We are quite [...]
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Omantel signs cable system deal
Posted by admin on February 16, 2012 · Comments Off
Omantel has signed a contract in Tehran with three international telecom partners from Iran, UK and Russia to provide a new express cable system that will ultimately link Frankfurt in Germany to the [...]
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STC displays its experiment venture capital fund
Posted by admin on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off
STC Group Vice President for Strategic Affairs Dr. Fahd bin Mishait confirmed that STC group experiment in launching a venture capital fund, as the main investor, underscores its trend to have stakes [...]
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Viva signs e-learning deal with British School of Bahrain
Posted by admin on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off
Viva Bahrain has signed an agreement with the British Sc hool of Bahrain and iMachines to provide iPads and a high-speed internet service to support digital learning. This will make the British School [...]
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Qtel waives money transfers fees to Pakistan, Philippines
Posted by admin on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off
Qtel said money transfers to the Philippines and Pakistan using Qtel Mobile Money will be free of charge until 01 March. Anyone with a Qatari ID can register for Qtel Mobile Money at any Qtel Shop. [...]
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Alcatel-Lucent wins contract from Tampnet
Posted by admin on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off
Alcatel-Lucent has been contracted by Norway’s Tampnet to enhance the flexibility and resilience of its high-capacity communications network serving oil and gas exploration and production facilities [...]
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Wateen Head Office gutted by fire.
Posted by admin on February 12, 2012 · Comments Off
On Friday night, a fire erupted at the New Auriga Complex on the Main Boulevard in Lahore at around 7:00 pm. The building also houses the head office of Wateen Telecom, Pakistan’s leading converged communications [...]
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SingTel Group’s Mobile Customer Base Reaches 434 Million
Posted by admin on February 11, 2012 · Comments Off
Singapore based SingTel Group has reported that its total mobile customer base grew 13 percent or 50.7 million from a year ago to reach 434 million as at 31 December 2011.
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Airtel India’s [...]
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Batelco First in the Kingdom to Launch Broadband For All
Posted by admin on February 9, 2012 · Comments Off
Batelco, the Kingdom’s leading Broadband services provider has announced the launch of Broadband for All in a fantastic new prepaid inititative, a first for the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region. Batelco [...]
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Etisalat Recognises Impairment Charges against Indian Operations
Posted by admin on February 9, 2012 · Comments Off
On Thursday, February 2, 2012 the Supreme Court of India revoked 122 UAS licenses that were issued by the Government of India in January 2008. The ruling was against the process the Indian government adopted [...]
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Mobily: “LTE will lead to completely new customer segmentation.”
Posted by admin on February 9, 2012 · Comments Off
Khaled Bassuny, is senior vice president of customer care for Saudi operator, Mobily. We catch up with him ahead of his speaking role on day one of the LTE Middle East and North Africa conference taking [...]
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Batelco Group Announces the Sale of its stake in STel India
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Batelco Group (Ticker: BATELCO), the Middle Eastern regional telecommunications operator of reference with operations across seven countries, today announced the sale of its shareholding in STel Private [...]
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Etisalat chairman to address TEDx Tripoli
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Etisalat, a leading telecommunications company with operations in 17 markets across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, will share its ‘Broadband for all’ vision at the innovative TEDx Tripoli event [...]
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STC Group the Powerful Engine of Regional Communications and Information Technology Sector
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
STC Group ranked atop, regionally speaking, as the great potentials of its global network made it the main engine of communications and information technology sector, in the Middle East, however, that [...]
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Cisco Delivers Strong 2Q, Sound Guidance
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Cisco Systems CSCO delivered very solid fiscal second-quarter results, while management’s third-quarter guidance is in line with the firm’s three-year operating model. Management continues [...]
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Inmarsat FleetBroadband Multiple Voice Calls Now Available via GMN RedPort VoIP
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Global Marine Networks (GMN), the leaders in advancing satellite data services, today announced the immediate availability of placing up to eight simultaneous voice calls via Inmarsat FleetBroadband terminals, [...]
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Du unveils special GCC roaming rates
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Du, the integrated telecom service provider in the UAE, said it has launched special mobile roaming rates for the GCC region starting at 90 fils per minute.
Explaining the powerful proposition for du customers [...]
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